Aberdeen Asset Management

Fund managers, economists, and currency traders waited with bated breath for the outcome of the historic referendum in which Scotland would decide its future - whether inside or outside the UK.

Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, has given the 'yes' party a boost after claiming an independent Scotland would be a great success.

Aberdeen Asset Management has seen double the outflows it expected from its funds following completion of the SWIP takeover.

Former SWIP duo Mark Harries and Simon Wood are to take over the Aberdeen multi-manager range as Aidan Kearney exits and Graham Duce moves to the multi-asset team, Professional Adviser's sister title Investment Week can reveal.

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Aberdeen Asset Management has migrated all Scottish Widows Investment Partnership-run active equity funds and mandates, with the team that ran them at SWIP exiting the combined business.

Advisers are being invited to vote in four categories at the upcoming Aberdeen UK Platform Awards - the Oscars of the platforms world (as its organiser, Clive Waller, describes it).

"Platform-enabled" advisory businesses are being invited to enter their firm for the 2014 Aberdeen UK Platform Awards.

Aberdeen has reported £8.8bn in net outflows for the six months to 31 March 2014 despite redemptions slowing in the final month of the period.

Aberdeen Asset Management completed the acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) last night, paying a total of £550m for the business.